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A recent report by Nielsen surveys regarding the social media behaviour of Australians has found that 90% of all crying laugh emojis posted from IP addresses located within this country have come Polynesian-Australian account holders.
“What we have found, purely through analytics is that Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islander and Fijian Australians tend to have social media presence quite similar to how you would find them in person” said one researcher.
“Except instead of the infectious high pitched giggles often heard on worksites and footy sheds, these behaviours are channeled into the iconic Face-With-Tears-Of-Joy emoji”
When presented with these findings, prominent members of Betoota’s Pacific Islander community were quick to point out that they also like to use the strong arm emoji, but definitely not as much as the laughie-cry – or the sideways laughie cry.
The report also found that Aboriginal people on social media were responsible for majority of all yellow and black love hearts, while Baby Boomers of all nationalities were the number one users of thumbs up emojis with incorrectly coloured skin.
Mid-to-late twenties caucasian women were found to be the highest users of the pink fingernails, an emoji used to indicate feminine chaos.
The Australian alt-right community were the most common users of the snowflake and red cap emoji, but have also begun to start using clown emojis when arguing with medical practitioners over public health measures.
